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Ian Dunt

Ian Dunt served as the editor-at-large of Politics.co.uk until 2021. He is a regular host on the Oh God What Now podcast, a columnist for the New European and the i newspaper, and the author of two books: Brexit: What The Hell Happens Now and How To Be A Liberal.

Latest articles

*Blog

The failure of our prison system is "scandalous", the prime minister will say today

Prison crisis: Cameron brands his own record ‘shameful’

*Blog

Has Cameron got the deal he wanted?

Everything you need to know about Cameron’s EU deal in five minutes

*Blog

Michael Gove: Admits changes to human rights law will be minor

Gove has basically admitted the Tory attack on human rights is dead

*Blog

The film captures a classic industrial dispute set against a beautiful and perilous backdrop

Class war on Everest: The Sherpa rebellion for better working conditions

News

The outgoing prisons inspector has warned of overcrowding and declining safety in prisons

Parting shot: Prison inspector steps down with last blast at Grayling

*Blog

Cameron called the people in Calais refugee camps a "bunch of migrants" during today's PMQs

PMQs verdict: Cameron shames himself with ‘bunch of migrants’ comment

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The Home Office must show that detention is being used as a last resort to facilitate someone's removal from the UK

Arrested, humiliated, detained: How Britain treats foreign students

The shocking story of how an academic was bundled into a van and taken to a detention centre

*Blog

Assange has been living inside the Ecuadorian embassy for over three years

Assange finds a new way to avoid rape questions

Assange’s legal team have moved the goalposts to avoid questioning

News

No more poppers: Commons rejects Burnham amendment

Government bans poppers…. until the summer

*Blog

Cameron's performance was an improvement on recent sessions

PMQs verdict: Cameron trials his ultimate Corbyn attack

*Blog

Donald Trump speaks during a Liberty University Convocation in Lynchburg, Virginia

The Trump debate was a damp squib – and it’s all your fault

News

Tim Farron has callled on the prime minister to take 3,000 unaccompanied orphans from the Middle East

Farron: Britain has ‘turned its back’ on child refugees

*Blog

A protest at Yarl's Wood detention centre last year

The report which could destroy Britain’s immigration detention centres

*Comment & Analysis

Shami Chakrabart: "I criticise ministers in public, litigate them in court and then sometimes have a drink with them afterwards"

Exit Interview: Shami Chakrabarti

*Blog

Radcliffe Camera: Opponents of the petititon say the statue is part of the architecture of Oriel College

Students are right to demand the Cecil Rhodes statue be pulled down

*Blog

Corbyn: War with BBC is strategic and moral error

Supporting Corbyn is honourable – but it’s becoming a conspiracy theory cult

*Blog

Bowie: Mercurial sense of identity proved liberating for many fans

David Bowie was a beacon against rigid identity politics

*Comment & Analysis

French police special forces carry out searches as part of an investigation into the Charlie Hebdo attack

One year on from Charlie Hebdo: The French government’s assault on liberté

*Blog

Corbyn's new politics project was strangled at birth by a culture which can't accept it

The night Westminster strangled Corbyn’s new politics

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